'Justice for Trayvon prayer and protest' scheduled Downtown

7:28 AM,
Jul. 19, 2013

Hundreds packed Fountain Square as demonstrators showed support for Trayvon Martin during a march from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County to Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati Monday March 26 , 2012. The march was billed as Occupy the Hood Cincinnati, in reference to the hoodie Trayvon was wearing when he was killed.

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The Enquirer

A "Justice for Trayvon prayer and protest" is scheduled for noon Saturday at the federal courthouse Downtown, according to a notice posted on the Facebook page of the Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the National Action Network.

"We encourage everyone, of every race to join us as we stand together against what now could be considered the legal murder of an unarmed child," the group's posting said Thursday.

Participants were being encouraged to arrive at 11:30 a.m. at the U.S. District Court, 100 E. Fifth St. ...